Synodontis multipunctata, surprise in the sump!
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Synodontis multipunctata, surprise in the sump!
Working in the fish house a couple of weeks back and amongst a variety of jobs I syphoned some debris (and quite a few Malaysian trumpet snails) out of the first chamber of the sump.
Rather surprised on glancing in the bucket I'm syphoning into to see a couple of fish swimming round in there. Not the Mylochromis mola juveniles that seem to prefer life on the sump, so what and which tank have they come from?
I've two lots of Synodontis in my tanks just now. One is a group of juvenile S. lucipinnis that I picked up about 12 weeks back now, can't be them then as they're still too young. The other group is Synodontis multipunctata that have been with me for nearly a year now, must be them then?
But.... I haven't seen any of the mbuna in the multi tank brooding. Fair enough the Tropheops sp. Mauve are just reaching maturity now I think and while I have a nice group of Gephyrochromis lawsii I was wondering whether they where the right hosts as it was suggested they don't brood for the required length of time the cats need?
Anyway a week later 2 become 3 as I extract another youngster from the tank with the breeding group of adults!
And from tonight, these little 'uns don't half move fast round their tank when they get going!
Illustrates my style of fish keeping perfectly. Put fish in tank, feed them and look after the water and then scratch head trying to work out why not only had I missed them breeding but also why the first 2 fry found (and not tiddlers, these are a good 6mm SL!) both made their way to the sump!!
Andrew
Rather surprised on glancing in the bucket I'm syphoning into to see a couple of fish swimming round in there. Not the Mylochromis mola juveniles that seem to prefer life on the sump, so what and which tank have they come from?
I've two lots of Synodontis in my tanks just now. One is a group of juvenile S. lucipinnis that I picked up about 12 weeks back now, can't be them then as they're still too young. The other group is Synodontis multipunctata that have been with me for nearly a year now, must be them then?
But.... I haven't seen any of the mbuna in the multi tank brooding. Fair enough the Tropheops sp. Mauve are just reaching maturity now I think and while I have a nice group of Gephyrochromis lawsii I was wondering whether they where the right hosts as it was suggested they don't brood for the required length of time the cats need?
Anyway a week later 2 become 3 as I extract another youngster from the tank with the breeding group of adults!
And from tonight, these little 'uns don't half move fast round their tank when they get going!
Illustrates my style of fish keeping perfectly. Put fish in tank, feed them and look after the water and then scratch head trying to work out why not only had I missed them breeding but also why the first 2 fry found (and not tiddlers, these are a good 6mm SL!) both made their way to the sump!!
Andrew
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Re: Synodontis multipunctata, surprise in the sump!
That would be the group.other group is Synodontis multipunctata that have been with me for nearly a year now, must be them then?
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Re: Synodontis multipunctata, surprise in the sump!
Yep. I would bet the S. multipunctata too.
I have seen mine spawn against a vertical rock when no cichlids were spawning. Female releasing eggs and the males fertilizing and then eating them.
Perhaps they were spawning against the overflow and some of the eggs made their way down and managed to survive.
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I have seen mine spawn against a vertical rock when no cichlids were spawning. Female releasing eggs and the males fertilizing and then eating them.
Perhaps they were spawning against the overflow and some of the eggs made their way down and managed to survive.
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Re: Synodontis multipunctata, surprise in the sump!
Thanks Birger and Andy, S. multipunctata was what I had decided on as well!
I have some large adult mbuna in with them so if there was only a few youngsters being brooded it was probably quite easy to miss this stage!
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I have some large adult mbuna in with them so if there was only a few youngsters being brooded it was probably quite easy to miss this stage!
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Re: Synodontis multipunctata, surprise in the sump!
It is certainly multipunctata (or grandiops if misidentified) as opposed to lucipinnis as the first ray of the dorsal is dark not white/cream
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Re: Synodontis multipunctata, surprise in the sump!
[quote][/quote]It is certainly multipunctata (or grandiops if misidentified)
Which is most likely...
Also a reminder I need to make the changes to the Cat-eLog, going back to mutipunctatus...don't ask...
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Which is most likely...
Also a reminder I need to make the changes to the Cat-eLog, going back to mutipunctatus...don't ask...
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